George adcock



(NoModeL) G. ADOOGK. FOLDING PORTABLE CYCLE SUPPORT.

No.589,919. Patented Sept. 14,1897.

NITED STATES ATENT union.

GEORGE ADGOCK, OF LOUGIIBOROUGI'I, ENGLAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 589,919, dated September 14, 1897.

Application filed October 3, 1896. Serial No. 607,779. (No model.) Patented in England July 14, 1896,11'0. 15,563, and July To (all whom (It may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE ADOOCK, music seller, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain,

' residing at 11 Baxter Gate, Loughborough, in

the county of Leicester, England, have in vented a certain new and useful Improved Folding Portable Cycle-Support, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification, and for which I have received British Patents No. 15,563, dated July 14, 1 896, and No. 15,944, dated July 1S, 1890.

My invention has for its object an improved folding portable cycle-support which is connected to the spindle'of the hub of the back or front wheel or to other parts of the frame of a velocipede and when not in use can be folded up into a compact spaceand lie flush with that part of the frame to whichit is attached. it

In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried into prac tical effect, I have appended hereuntotwo sheets of drawings, upon which I have illustrated my improved cycle-support with several modifications.

Figure 1 is a diagram view of a ladys safety-velocipede, showing my improved hinged folding support attached to the spindle of the rear wheel. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the support shown in the position it assumes when in use. Fig. 3 is a side view of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view of the support shown in the position it assumes when folded up. Fig. 5 is a modification of Figs. 2, 3, and 4:.

In carrying my invention into practice I pivot two strips or rods 8 s of steel, iron, or brass to the top part of the hinged metal plate 5 the bottom part of which has a slot 8 formed in the center for the spindle of the velocipede to pass through and is locked thereto by the usual lock-nut, as shown at Fig. 1. The part of the hinge s is extended at s and bent at right angles or thereabout and has two slits or openings 5 8 formed therein. WVhen the'support has been fixed to the spindle of the wheel, the rods are turned down, so that their loose ends, which are pointed, rest upon the ground and are prevented from separating too far apart by the slits or open in gs s .9 into which they fit, as clearly shown at Figs. 1 and 2. The extended part 8 also serves the purpose of a step for the rider to mount the machine by, or the extended part 8 may be made straight, with a slot 75in the center, and the slits or openings 3 8 made in a separate part 7a, which isattached to the part 8 by a pin and nut passing throughthe slot k, as shown at Fig. 7, by which means it can be adjusted to suit the variations of the surface of the ground.

When the rider wishes to mount his machine, the rods are turned up against and flush with the adjacent portion Z) of the frame and are held by the spring-clip d, which is clipped onto the part b in the position as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, the hinged plate assuming the position as shown at Fig. 4.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is- 1. A folding support for bicycles compris ing the plate adapted to be secured to a bicycle, the legs having a pivotal connection with the upper edge of said'plate, and the hooked extensions supported from the lower end of said plate and adapted to engage the legs and prevent them from spreading, substantially as described.

2. A folding support for bicycles comprising the plate adapted to besecured to a bicycle, the folding legs having a pivotal connection with the upper portion of said plate, the supplemental plate adj ustably connected to the lower portion of the main plate, and hooks carried by said supplemental plate adapted to engage the legs, substantially as described.

3. A folding support for bicycles comprising the plate adapted to be secured to abicycle and having upper and lower angular extensions, the legs having'a hinged connection with the upper extension and the retaining hooks ad justably carried by the lower extension and adapted to engage the legs to prevent them from spreading,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my name in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE ADCOOK.

IVitnesses: GEORGE LESTER, H. W. DENTON INGHAM. 

